Mantra 6
Sukta 5
ब्रह्मचार्येऽति समिधा समिद्धः कार्ष्णं वसानो दीक्षितो दीर्घश्मश्रुः । स सद्य एति पूर्वस्मादुत्तरं समुद्रं लोकान्त्संगृभ्य मुहुराचरिक्रत्
brahmacā́rye ’ti samídhā samiddháḥ kā́rṣṇaṃ vásāno dīkṣitó dī́rghaśmaśrúḥ | sá sadyá eti pū́rvasmād úttaraṃ samudráṃ lokā́n saṃgṛ́bhya múhur ā́carikrat
In brahmacarya, exceeding kindled with fuel, clad in the dark vesture, consecrated, long-bearded,—he straightway goeth from the former to the further ocean; the worlds he gathereth up, and again and again sets his course in ordered practice.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Brahmacārin / Tapas; implicitly Agni through kindling
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like
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